ENGLEWOOD — Rookie quarterback Bo Nix has earned plenty of respect from teammates in a short amount of time and Wednesday he was named a team captain.

In a vote of Broncos players, Nix was one of six captains named. He becomes Denver’s first rookie captain since running back Floyd Little in 1967.

The Broncos’ other captains are wide receiver Courtland Sutton, guard Quinn Meinerz, cornerback Pat Surtain II, linebacker Alex Singleton and kicker Wil Lutz. Sutton is in his fourth straight year of being a captain while all the others are first-time captains.